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IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook


Expert Guide to Deploying, Using, and Managing DataPower Appliances

® ® DataPower® appliances can simplify SOA deployment, strengthen SOA security, enhance SOA performance, and dramatically improve SOA return on investment. In this , a team of ’s leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower SOA appliances in any IT environment.

The authors present IBM DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems.

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook begins by introducing the rationale for SOA appliances and explaining how DataPower appliances work from network, security, and Enterprise Service Bus perspectives. Next, the authors walk through DataPower installation and configuration; then they present deep detail on DataPower’s role and use as a network device. [Read more...]

Pro WCF 4: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation, 2nd Edition

Pro WCF 4: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation, 2nd Edition


4.0: Practical Implementation is a complete guide to Windows Communication Foundation from the SOA perspective, showing you why WCF is important to service-oriented architecture and . This provides deep insight into the functionality of WCF, which shipped with 4.0-like service discovery, routing service, simplified configuration, and other advanced features. Included in this title are informative examples that will aide the reader in understanding and implementing these important additions. This book also covers the unified programming model, reliable messaging, security, and the peer-to-peer programming model. You’ll also learn how to move your current remoting and service applications to WCF and how to integrate those applications with WCF 4.0. This book offers genuine insight into solving real enterprise problems using WCF and 4.0.

What you’ll learn

  • New features of WCF with .NET 4.0.
  • A comprehensive WCF programming model.
  • How queue and reliable messaging work in WCF.
  • Implementing transaction support in WCF
  • Making WCF services interoperable with other SOA offerings
  • Best practicies in using WCF effectively.
  • Developing WCF applications with Visual Studio 2010. [Read more...]

Tuscany SCA in Action

Tuscany SCA in Action

Description
is a free, open source project that helps users develop Service Oriented Architecture () solutions. It provides a lightweight infrastructure that implements Service Component Architecture () and provides seamless integration with other technologies.

Tuscany SCA is a technology-neutral infrastructure for building composite applications based on the Service Component Architecture standard. It manages the protocols and other application plumbing, enabling you to focus on business logic and the relationship between services. The resulting applications are more flexible, scalable, and maintainable.

Tuscany is a comprehensive, hands-on guide for developing enterprise applications using Apache Tuscany’s lightweight SCA infrastructure. The book uses practical examples to demonstrate how to develop applications with the open source Tuscany SCA. Readers will learn how to model, compose, and manage applications. Detailed explanations of how to use the various features of Apache Tuscany for protocol handling and developing components are presented. Readers will also learn how to extend Apache Tuscany to support new programming environments and communication protocols. [Read more...]

100 SOA Questions: Asked and Answered

100 SOA Questions: Asked and Answered

Description
100 Questions brings together authoritative answers to the most crucial questions business, technical, and architectural decision-makers ask about SOA. It draws on the immense experience of two SOA experts who’ve participated in more than 100 SOA projects in the roles of architect, designer, consultant, technical manager, and strategist.

Organized to reflect the Open Group’s Open Services Integration Maturity Model (OSIMM), this book provides fast, convenient access to information about all facets of SOA planning, implementation, , and utilization.

This book will be an invaluable resource for all executives, architects, and practitioners who have just started their SOA journey or are well underway.

In-depth answers to questions about SOA topics such as:
• SOA Concepts and Planning
• Business Strategy
• Organization and Support
• Governance
• Methods and Techniques
• Applications
• Architecture
• Information Management
• Infrastructure
• The Future of SOA [Read more...]

SOA Governance

SOA Governance


Governance is the key to a successful adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture. It is the process of establishing a desired outcome for your efforts, and then leveraging people, policies, and processes to make that outcome a reality. This includes technical policies and standards that guide your design-time activities, policies and processes that impact your project selection and funding decisions, and finally run-time policies that impact your operational activities. The adoption of Service-Oriented Architecture is intended to improve the efficiency and productivity of your company, and your governance efforts are critical in achieving your goals in quality, consistency, predictability, change management, and interdependencies of services.

This will help you to understand what requirements you will need to introduce SOA Governance into your company. Running through the people, policies, and processes needed for such an effort, this will help you to realize the steps that you need to take in order to improve your company’s business process quickly and efficiently.

By following a fictional company’s implementation of SOA Governance from the beginning to its successful end, this book will show you the ups and downs of the process. You will learn how to plan SOA governance according to your company’s needs, so that you can avoid the possible pitfalls that are highlighted through the narrative. Learn about SOA Governance to work your way towards SOA success. [Read more...]